Two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi rebel-controlled Yemen toward a US warship in the Gulf of Aden, after the US Navy responded to a distress call from a commercial tanker that had been seized by armed individuals, the US military said Sunday.

The tanker, identified as the Central Park, had been carrying a cargo of phosphoric acid when its crew called for help that “they were under attack from an unknown entity,” the US Central Command said in a statement.

The USS Mason, a guided-missile destroyer, and allied ships from a counter-piracy task force that operates in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia responded to the call for help and “demanded release of the vessel” upon arrival, Central Command said.

“Subsequently, five armed individuals debarked the ship and attempted to flee via their small boat,” said the statement posted on social media platform X.

  • Madison420@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    If you want to be tedious an arrow is technically a ballistic missile by some definitions, do you think they shot an arrow at a destroyer?

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          11 months ago

          Sensationalism applies to removed words too, I’m sorry you can’t seem to comprehend this. Goodbye

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            11 months ago

            That it does, if omission made it more sensational, removing “ballistic” makes it less sensational.

            Have a nice night as well bud.